On 05.09.2024 12:41, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 05/09/2024 11:33 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I happened to spot a ~14y old revert of the crucial hunk of the ~16y old
>> 551ceee97513 ("x86, hvm: stdvga cache always on") in our patch set,
>> supposedly to deal with text mode corruption when
On 05/09/2024 11:41, Andrew Cooper wrote:
STDVGA caching is primarily (exclusively?) an optimisation for Windows XP.
I think it was originally for Win2K (white splash screen).
Paul
On 05/09/2024 11:33 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I happened to spot a ~14y old revert of the crucial hunk of the ~16y old
> 551ceee97513 ("x86, hvm: stdvga cache always on") in our patch set,
> supposedly to deal with text mode corruption when Linux is booted without
> any "vga=" option, and
Hello,
I happened to spot a ~14y old revert of the crucial hunk of the ~16y old
551ceee97513 ("x86, hvm: stdvga cache always on") in our patch set,
supposedly to deal with text mode corruption when Linux is booted without
any "vga=" option, and when - after the GUI is up - the console is
switched
